Speak out 10/16/02

Wednesday, October 16, 2002

This message is for the person who complained about "sissy college students" who apparently have no idea about warfare. For your information, the strategy of modern warfare has been changed from the trench warfare and massive ground assaults that were used by the military forces during World War II, Korea and Vietnam. In those three conflicts, technology did not allow for precision pinpoint usage of weaponry and often ended in a gross overuse and waste of ammunition. The "massive bombings" you write of are apparently a misinterpretation on your part since the new generation of bombs are used in smaller numbers simply because they are that much more effective than the carpet bombings of previous conflicts. It's apparent to me that you simply are having those glory moments where you imagine storming the enemy with both barrels blazing, and you just can't handle the fact that a "college sissy" found a method of fighting war where Americans don't have to die.

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